Allyson Tomchin, LCSW, Allyson is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Mediator and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She received her B.S.W from the University of South Florida and her Master’s Degree in Social Work from Barry University. Allyson is the founder of Directive Energy, in which she maintains a comprehensive private practice in counseling, coaching, family mediation and parenting coordination. She was recently honored by the Boys and Girls Club as one of Broward County’s Most Outstanding Women. Allyson has been a Parenting Coordinator since the inception of the practice in Florida and is a recognized expert in the field. She is the Primary Trainer of the Parenting Coordination Program and brings her vast knowledge and experiences to her teaching. |
Judge Edward Garrison, has been an elected Circuit Court Judge in the 15th Judicial
Circuit since 1988. He has served in all divisions of the Circuit and is Past
President of the Florida Conference of County Court Judges. He is a Florida
Supreme Court Certified Circuit and Family Mediator, Mediation trainer and an
Advanced Judicial Instructor. Currently, he serves as the Administrative Judge
for the 15th Circuit Court Civil Division.
Robert H. Loevin, Esq., a member
of the Florida Bar, has had a distinguished career holding key positions in both
the public and private sectors. As a Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit,
Family, Dependency and County Mediator Bob has mediated over 4,500 court cases.
Additionally, Bob mediates for the EEOC, NASD, NY Stock Exchange and US Postal
Service.
Kevin C. Lunsford is a Florida attorney with more than 20 years civil litigation experience. He is
a Certified Circuit, County and Family Mediator and a State Qualified Arbitrator. In 2008, he
established North Florida Mediation, a practice dedicated solely to providing mediation and
arbitration services with offices in Live Oak, Lake City and Jacksonville. Kevin is a contract
mediator for the Third Judicial Circuit’s Family Mediation Program, a panel mediator at the Jax
Mediation Center, and serves as the Director of the Third Circuit’s Residential Mortgage Foreclosure
Mediation Program.
Paul Schweinler, LMHC, Director
of the Charis Center, Coral Springs, is President-Elect of The Association of
South Florida Mediators. In addition to his counseling and mediation practice,
Paul provides Parenting Coordination and Critical Incident Stress
Management.
David Levy, J.D,CCE
Mr
Levy, President of Care Giver Experts, had been mediating Elder and
Family Care cases for over 20 years.He is a Florida Supreme Court
Certified Family, County and Circuit Mediator. He received
his Certification in Gerontology from Lynn University and is a Certified Caregiver Educator Trainer through the American Association for Caregiver Education . Mr Levy is an academic researcher in this
field and provides consultation services to the industry. He is a
highly respected resource and trainer in the area of Elder Law
Mediation
Enrique Zamora, Esq
Mr
Zamora, a Certified Circuit Civil Mediator, has been practicing elder
law, probate and estate planning for over 30 years. He is Chair of the
Guardianship Committee of the Elder Law Section of the Florida Bar and a member of the Guardianship Task Force where he represents the
Elder Law Section. Mr Zamora, is an Adjunct Professor at St. Thomas University School of Law, where he teaches Elder Law.
He is currently the President of the South Florida Guardianship Association and has received numerous awards for his
leadership and service in this area. Mr. Zamora is a highly regarded
expert in the field of Elder Law and Mediation.
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Alvin Capp, Esq., a leader in
the South Florida mediation community, received his JD from George Washington
University in 1961. As a member of Mediation, Inc Al has mediated over 6,000
cases. In addition to his mediation practice, Al maintains a general civil trial
and appellate law practice.
Fran Tetunic,
Esq. is an Associate Professor of Law and the Director of the
Alternative Dispute Resolution Clinic at Nova University's Shepard Broad Law
Center. Additionally, Fran is Chair of the Florida Supreme Court's Mediator
Ethics Advisory Committee (MEAC).
David Spofford,
Esq., received his Juris Doctor degree in 1981 from the University of
Houston College of Law. David is admitted to the Florida and Texas bars and
currently his practice is limited to family mediation. In
addition to his law degree David holds a masters degree in computer science and
a certificate in life coaching.
Kirk
Rascoe, J.D. is the Director, Equal Opportunity and Compliance Office
of Diversity and Equal Opportunity at The University of South Florida. He has
also been appointed to the State’s Diversity Action Council. Kirk earned his J.D
at Boston University and has vast experience in the area of Diversity, having
spent most of his career in the field. Kirk has been an administrator of Equal
Opportunity and Diversity programs, and teacher in the field in both Florida and
in California.
Kenneth A. Gordon, Esq received his Juris Doctor degree cum laude
from the University of Miami School of Law. Currently, Ken is a partner in the
law firm of Brinkley, McNerney, Morgan, Solomon & Tatum, LLP where he
concentrates his practice in the areas of marital and family law. He is a member
of the First American Family Law Inns of Court, Barrister, and the Family Law
Section of The Florida Bar. Ken is a past Chair of the Executive Council of the
Family Law Section of the Broward County Bar Association.
James L. Nulman, Esq. is an AV rated attorney with
over 25 years civil litigation experiences. In 1995, he became a Certified
Circuit Civil Mediator. He is also certified by the U.S. District Court for the
Middle District of Florida, and is a Certified Family Mediator and a State
Qualified Arbitrator. In March 2006, Jim established Nulman Mediation Services,
Inc., a practice dedicated solely to providing mediation and arbitration
services. His early mediation experiences focused on commercial and construction
disputes, but over the years that has expanded significantly to include
virtually all areas of civil disputes.
Barbara Beilly is a General Magistrate in the family division of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, appointed in 1997. She is a past President of the Florida Association of General Magistrates and Child Support Hearing Officers. She is a past President of the Association of South Florida Mediators, past President of the Broward County Women Lawyers Association, past chair of the Family Law Section of the Broward County Bar Association, past chair of the General Magistrate Committee of the Family Law Section of the Florida Bar, past chair of the Support Issues Committee of the Family Law Section of the Florida Bar and a frequent lecturer and author in the area of Florida Family Law and Mediation. She was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1980.
Arline Kardasis is a nationally recognized Elder and Family Law Mediator and Trainer.
As co founder of Elder Decisions and Agreement Resources, LLC, she has
provided Elder Law Mediation Training to the American Bar Association,
National Association of Professional Geriatric Case Managers,
Association for Conflict Resolution International, to name just a few.
Ms Kardasis was trained at the Harvard University Law School Program on
Negotiation and at their School of Gerontology. Ms Kardasis has written
several articles on this area for mediate.com and co-authored, "When
Aging Issues Lead to Family Conflict" for the Massachusetts Lawyers
Weekly. She is Vice President of the Board of Directors of the
Association of Conflict Resolution-New England Chapter and has served on
the Dispute Resolution Standing Committee for the Mass Trial Courts
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